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Wetherby Charlie Hall Meeting 2011 |
Duffy Considers bet365 Charlie Hall Chase for Diamond Harry Return
19/10/11
Diamond Harry, last seen winning a cracking renewal of the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Newbury in November, could return to action at Wetherby in the racecourse’s richest race, the £100,000 Grade Two bet365 Charlie Hall Chase (3.25pm) over three miles and a furlong on Saturday, October 29.
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The autumn highlight is the showpiece race at Wetherby’s two-day bet365 Charlie Hall Meeting (which commences on Friday, October 28) and Diamond Harry’s part-owner Paul Duffy revealed that his talented eight-year-old, who saw off Burton Port and Denman to win the Grade Three Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup over an extended three and a quarter miles, may journey to West Yorkshire from trainer Nick Williams’ Devon yard.
Duffy, who heads up the Paul Duffy Diamond Partnership, said: “The Charlie Hall Chase is on Diamond Harry’s itinerary at present, it is open for review but at the moment we are looking at taking him to Wetherby.
“He has recovered from the ligament injury that he suffered earlier this year and he is ready to resume racing in the near future.”
Last year’s renewal of the bet365 Charlie Hall Chase went to the Tom George-trained Nacarat, who subsequently landed the Grade One totesport Bowl at Aintree in April.
The prestigious race has been won by a host of elite stars down the years, among them Wayward Lad (1983 & 1985), Burrough Hill Lad (1984), Forgive ’n Forget (1986), Celtic Shot (1990 & 1991), Barton Bank (1993 & 1995), One Man (1996 & 1997), See More Business (1999 & 2000) and Grey Abbey (2004).
The cracking seven-race card on bet365 Charlie Hall Chase Day also features the £32,000 John Smith’s Hurdle (2.50pm), over three miles and a furlong, while the fantastic action also includes the £17,000 Listed bet365 Mares’ Hurdle (2.15pm) over an extended two miles.
The Philip Hobbs-trained Fair Along has won the past two renewals of the Grade Two John Smith’s Hurdle, which has fallen to plenty of crack performers in the past, including Cab On Target (1991 & 1995), Pridwell (1997), Marello (1998) and the great triple World Hurdle winner Inglis Drever in 2005.
Saturday’s first race is the bet365.com Novices’ Chase (1.40pm) over three miles and a furlong, while the remaining contests are the £7,000 Bulloughs Cleaning Services Novices’ Hurdle (4pm) over an extended two miles, the £7,000 weatherbyracing.co.uk Novices’ Chase (4.35pm) over two miles and the £7,000 Wetherby Racecourse & Conference Centre Handicap Hurdle (5.10pm) over two and a half miles.
The six-race card on Friday, October 28, features a pair of important Listed contests, the £20,000 bet365 Handicap Chase (3.20pm) over an extended two and a half miles and the £15,000 Weatherbys Bank Wensleydale Juvenile Hurdle (3.55pm) over an extended two miles.
Tickets are available by calling the course on 01937 582035 or online at www.wetherbyracing.co.uk
THE bet365 CHARLIE HALL CHASE - ROLL OF HONOUR
YEAR WINNER AGE/WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP RAN
1969 ARCTURUS 8-11-10 Neville Crump Pat Buckley 11/4 3
1970 KILDRUMMY 5-11-07 Bill Crawford Ron Barry 100/30 8
1971 Abandoned - snow & frost
1972 COXSWAIN 7-11-10 Arthur Stephenson Mr Graham Macmillan 4/5F 8
1973 DUNROBIN 6-11-05 Bill Crawford S P Taylor 4/5F 6
1974 TAMALIN 7-11-09 Gordon Richards Jonjo O’Neill 9/4 7
1975 DAVY LAD 5-11-07 Mick O’Toole IRE Dessie Hughes 2/5F 5
1976 DH SET POINT 8-11-09 Lady Herries Tommy Stack 20/1 6
DH CURRENT GOLD 5-11-07 Gordon Richards David Goulding 4/1
1977 GOOLAGONG 7-11-09 Neville Crump Mr Harry Orde-Powlett 8/1 8
1978 FIGHTING FIT 6-11-09 Ken Oliver Ridley Lamb 6/5F 5
1979 SPARKIE’S CHOICE 6-11-09 Neville Crump Colin Hawkins 9/2 8
1980 MANTON CASTLE 6-11-09 Maurice Camacho Gordon Holmes 16/1 9
1981 GAY RETURN 6-11-10 Edward O’Grady IRE Tommy Ryan 12/1 11
1982 RIGHTHAND MAN 5-11-07 Michael Dickinson Graham Bradley 11/10F 10
1983 WAYWARD LAD 8-11-10 Michael Dickinson Robert Earnshaw 1/3F 3
1984 BURROUGH HILL LAD 8-11-09 Jenny Pitman Phil Tuck 10/11JF 4
1985 WAYWARD LAD 10-11-06 Monica Dickinson Graham Bradley EvensF 4
1986 FORGIVE’N FORGET 9-11-10 Jimmy FitzGerald Mark Dwyer 5/2 6
1987 CYBRANDIAN 9-11-02 Peter Easterby Chris Grant 7/4 4
1988 HIGH EDGE GREY 7-11-02 Ken Oliver Tim Reed 13/2 10
1989 DURHAM EDITION 11-11-02 Arthur Stephenson Alan Merrigan 33/1 7
1990 CELTIC SHOT 8-11-02 Charlie Brooks Peter Scudamore 7/4F 7
1991 CELTIC SHOT 9-11-10 Charlie Brooks Graham Bradley 4/5F 6
1992 TIPPING TIM 7-11-02 Nigel Twiston-Davies Carl Llewellyn 11/4 7
1993 BARTON BANK 7-11-02 David Nicholson Adrian Maguire 12/1 7
1994 YOUNG HUSTLER 7-11-10 Nigel Twiston-Davies Carl Llewellyn 8/1 7
1995 BARTON BANK 9-11-02 David Nicholson Adrian Maguire 8/15F 3
1996 ONE MAN 8-11-10 Gordon Richards Richard Dunwoody 8/11F 4
1997 ONE MAN 9-11-10 Gordon Richards Richard Dunwoody 4/7F 4
1998 STRATH ROYAL 12-11-03 Owen Brennan Martin Brennan 14/1 5
1999 SEE MORE BUSINESS 9-11-12 Paul Nicholls Mick Fitzgerald 11/4JF 6
2000 SEE MORE BUSINESS 10-11-12 Paul Nicholls Mick Fitzgerald 1/3F 4
2001 SACKVILLE 8-11-05 Frances Crowley IRE David Casey 5/1 9
2002 MARLBOROUGH 10-11-00 Nicky Henderson Mick Fitzgerald 7/2 8
2003 BALLYBOUGH RASHER 8-11-00 Howard Johnson Graham Lee 40/1 6
2004 GREY ABBEY 10-11-06 Howard Johnson Graham Lee 5/1 6
2005 OLLIE MAGERN 7-11-05 Nigel Twiston-Davies Carl Llewellyn 11/4F 8
2006 OUR VIC 8-11-10 David Pipe Timmy Murphy 6/1 10
2007 OLLIE MAGERN 9-11-00 Nigel Twiston-Davies Paddy Brennan 11/4 7
2008 STATE OF PLAY 8-11-00 Evan Williams Paul Moloney 5/2F 6
2009 DEEP PURPLE 8-11-05 Evan Williams Paul Moloney 9/2 5
